2012 TEPPC Study Program - Study Request Form

Please, fill out this form as completely as possible. TEPPC will use the information provided to develop and prioritize the 2012 Study Program. If you would like to submit additional information regarding your request to TEPPC beyond what is contained within this form, please indicate your intention to do so in Question 9. You may submit any additional information pertaining to your study request by emailing Keegan Moyer at kmoyer@wecc.biz.

For your reference, the 2011 TEPPC Study Program can be found here. The 2012 Study Program will build upon the 2011 Study Program, and new study requests submitted to TEPPC will be prioritized within the context of those cases not completed as part of the 2011 Study Program (defined as medium and low priority). Please note, the 2022 Common Case developed as part of the 2011 Study Program will be used throughout 2012, and no new common case will be developed until the 2013 Study Program.

1. a. Requestor Name *

1. b. Affiliation *

1. c. E-mail *

2. Study Year *

3. Study Type

4. Description of study request including key load, resource, or transmission assumptions that should be included in your case. *

5. What existing study case should these assumptions be applied to?

5.a. 2022 Common Case

The 2022 Common Case is the starting case for the 10-year studies in the 2011 and 2012 Study Program and includes assumptions of expected loads, resources, and transmission.

5.b. 2010 Benchmarking Case

The 2010 Benchmarking Case contains actual historic load, resource, and transmission model inputs.

5. c. A portfolio case defined in the 2011 Study Program

5. d. Other

6. Key questions to be answered/addressed by the study – These questions should outline the purpose for the study case, and will be used directly to construct the study case report. *

7. Will you be providing information to TEPPC to assist in the development of this study case?

7. a. If yes, please describe the information/support you will be able to provide.

8. Are you planning to submit additional information to Keegan Moyer *

Questions 9-13 are from the TEPPC Planning Protocol and are used to prioritize study requests submitted to TEPPC:

9. What portion of the interconnection will be considered by the study?

10. Does your request raise fundamental design issues of interest to multiple parties?

11. Does your request raise policy issues of national, regional, or state/provincial interest; for example, access to renewable power, location of both conventional and renewable resources, consideration of state policies, and environmental factors?

12. How will your study provide information of broad value to customers, regulators, Transmission Providers, etc.?

13. Is the requested study necessary to meet a member Transmission Provider's compliance with its OATT, Attachment K?